Paul Weithman is a contemporary political philosopher at the University of Notre Dame, known for his work on political liberalism, public reason, and the role of religion in democratic life. He has made significant contributions to Rawlsian political theory, particularly in analyzing the justificatory structure of political liberalism and its relationship to religion and citizenship. His work bridges analytic political philosophy and normative democratic theory.
Authored 'Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn' (2010), a major interpretive study of Rawls
Developed influential analyses of religion's role in liberal democratic public reason
Authored 'Religion and the Obligations of Citizenship' (2002), examining how religious citizens may engage in politics
Contributed to contractualist theory, including critiques of segmented choice models
Sustained engagement with the moral psychology underlying Rawlsian liberalism
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